Holcosus orcesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Holcosus
Species: Holcosus orcesi

Holcosus orcesi (Peters, 1964)

Holotype: USNM 149655, adult ♂, collected by J.L. Peters on 28 February 1959.
Type locality: “half kilometer northwest of Abdon Calderon, Azuay Province, [Ecuador,] at 1600 meters of altitude”.

Ameiva orcesi Peters, 1964: 123 [original combination]
Holcosus orcesi — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet Jr., 2012: 118 [subsequent combination]

Peters, J.A. 1964. The lizard genus Ameiva in Ecuador. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 63(3): 113–127. BHL
Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Holcosus orcesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2018.
Cisneros-Heredia, D., Yánez-Muñoz, M., Brito, J. & Sánchez, J. 2017. IUCN: Holcosus orcesi (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T49981813A49981970. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T49981813A49981970.en